I was briefly bullied many, many years ago in Jr High by one very large girl (who had been left back and was 2 years older than me) and her two friends. Big girl threatened to beat me up every day after gym. She’d shove me but didn’t escalate to blows. After weeks of this, I was scared to go to school. I finally stood up for myself and told her “Okay – I don’t want to, but let’s fight! You will undoubtedly beat the h*ll out of me, but you will NOT walk away unhurt. I’ll fight as hard as I can!” Thankfully she backed off and left me alone after that.

I was bullied in high school, I look back on it now and see how stupid it really was.
I’ve raised my 11 year old to be accepting and non judgemental.
She knows to walk away from conflict and notify myself and teachers.

I was bullied up until my junior year of high school. I wasn’t always aware of everything that was being said about me, until later when a friend informed me, but I always felt like an outsider and never accepted. I was treated for depression in grade school and high school and it never really got better. I’m sure people were still talking about me my junior and senior year, I just no longer had a friend to tell me, because I switched schools.

I was bullied at work by other women in a so-called woman friendly company called Title 9 Sports, owned by of all people, a lesbian woman who was NOT pro-woman. In Berkeley CA too, go figure! Hyporcisy is everywhere.

I myself was bullied @ work by a supervisor! She was younger (a common occurance in the Nursing field!) & less experienced, & she resented my experience & certifications. But rather than be upfront, she continually asked me for assistance/advice & then took my feedback & used it as her own ideas to HER supervisors. When I realized what was going on, I started to speak up about several issues & she didn’t like it – so she worked to undermine their confidence in me & took a passive-aggressive tone w/me… long story short, she got me fired! (But I took it to the State Board of Nursing, & reported her. But I still to this day feel like she got the best of me….)

As a child i was bullied untill half way through highschool. at the time i was devestated, i didnt want to go to school most days as the majority of the day i was tormented. Now i always think twice before i use hurtfull words and will never tolerate any bulling in way in my life now. i hope for some kids school will be better for them than it was for me! Kids can be cruel, but remember so can adults.

I was always bullied as a Child, and as a Teenager. It was acceptable back when I was young. It was supposed to make you learn to deal with problems. Now a days as I raised my own Children they have to dealt with Bullying. Only difference now is it is cruel and violent bullying. I don’t tolerate and never will. And I don’t stop until something is done for my Children. I have 8 Children and I stand by them and don’t and didn’t stop until something was done with each and every event. I love being an advocate for my Schools and my Children. There fore we have a ZERO tolerence in our School district now. AMEN

I was bullied years ago and so were some of my sisters. In those days, no one did anything about it. Kids had to take matters into their own hands and find their own solutions. If they told on the people who were hurting them, the problem would get worse. I am glad people are trying to do something about this.

We’ve battled bullying issues with my daughter throughout elementary school. Luckily, we’ve found both other parents and our elementary school to be both open and helpful. I don’t think there’s such thing as bullying “ending.” But we CAN help make it easier to manage bullying issues when the arise.

I used to be bullied in school, I just turned the other cheek. Sometimes it was bad especially in gym class in high school. I think being a bully only shows others how you feel about yourself. People often use bullying as an excuse for doing bad things when they are older. But even though some is due to that, most of it is that bully still has low self esteem and has never accepted it. Ranging from how they are treated in their own home. One big problem is how people perceive that life should be like for themselves. When it doesn’t work out that way they tend to be more jealous and angry because they can’t meet their own expectations. There are so many reasons that people bully others from kids to adults. Unless you are in a harmful position with someone, keeping your distance is the best and letting someone else know about it. My daughter had a bully in middle school who hit my daughter. When we had a parent-child-principle meeting. The bully said I didn’t slap her, her face hit my hand. The bad thing was that parent accepted what their child had said. That’s what the world has come to, so many excuses and not enough responsiblity for actions. I’m not an expert in this field, but just going on lifes’ experiences. Follow what the bible teaches and there would be a big shift of change in our world.ncjeepster@aol.com

Yes I was bullied when I was in the 7th grade, it wasn’t really resolved she just moved on to someone else. My daughter had some trouble with a bully in high school, with pretty serious threats made. It went on quite a while before she told us, I knew something was wrong but she just wouldn’t tell me. The situation was resolved by the school after a meeting.

I was very good at ignoring insults about my weight. Of course I still heard them, but I didn’t let them see it. The less reaction they got, the quicker they stopped. One guy would act like an earthquake was happening when I walked by. He did it for the umpteenth time in front of the whole class, so while he was on his knees I kicked him in the hoo-haas. He didn’t bother me again. That was as physical as it ever got. I can’t imagine having FB and Twitter when I was in high school, but again, I would have blocked unkind people and ignored it. Bully’s want a reaction because they probably aren’t getting attention and love at home.

My son was bullied pretty badly when we moved to the (small) city that we live in now. I had no idea because he wasn’t telling me, and it quickly escalated. I found out by a chance slip from him and found out he was punched in the face (he said he fell that day), cornered in the bathroom, teased, etc.. I intervened and went straight to the Principle. There was a grade-wide talk about bullying that went on after that. He was in the 4th grade, and nobody realized that they were starting that young; it wasn’t addressed here. It got better after that and the main physical offenders were expelled. It seems that it was pretty widespread; once a few started, the rest quickly caught on to it too, so that everyone was either a bully or bullied. So sad.

My girls have just started school and I’m more aware of what they will be dealing with in bullying and cyber bulling. Back in my day it was names or talking behind your back. Now it’s on such a large scale the damage that can be done.

My teen daughter dealt with it for almost 2 years. I had to go to her school on several occasions
I talked with the principle ,the teachers, and then I got fed up and told the girls doing this I would
file charges on them for harassement!It finally stopped and no more problems thank god.

I was bullied in grade school. Was even slapped in the face by the bullier in front of the whole gym class and no one said or did anything to help me….including the teacher. They just let the person get away with it. I was so humiliated.

Bullying is so horrible! I was bullied from elementary school to high school.. Even a little bit at University, where you would think people w2ould be grown up. I think there is not enough parental involvement or at least the right kind. We need to stand up to bullies.

I’m a big anti-bullying advocate and so are my children. It saddens me that there is an increase in bullying and that people/children are taking it to places that are permanent i.e. the web and will scorn these victims for the rest of their life

We have had it in our family with one of my little nephews who has ADHD and Aspergers. He is in a different school for Austism now. Was horrible though!!! I also have a neighbor that is an adult bully!!!!!